Shanghai Botanical Garden (10/8/2011)

Saturday, October 8, 2011
After lunch we went to the Shanghai Botanical Garden.
Exterior fence:

Ceramic bamboo:

At Entrance #3, a rock with a hole:

Arbor:

Pyracantha saphyr Jaune/Firethorn:

Rose Garden & gazebo:

Rose:

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Sophora japonica pendula/Weeping Japanese Pagoda Tree:

Rosa chinensis Jacq.:

With multi-colored blooms!
Kent on the stepping stone bridge:

Autumn Crocus:

Arched bridge:

Hibiscus mutabilis/Confederate Rose:

Cymbidium Garden:

There were no cymbidiums (an orchid genus) here.
Carved display table:

Tufted Roman Goose:

Someone important to cymbidiums:

Pond:

Either diseased grass, or they have fluffy light white seeds:

Rock doves:

Tropicarium:

This is where the cymbidium are!

Tillandsia cyanea:

Strelitzia reginae/Bird of Paradise:

Zelglossoda "Calico Gem:"

Camellia Circle ladies: How's this for a container?!

Nepenthes pitcher plant:

A Musa:

Salvia:

Hedge Art:

In the conservatory, Plumeria rubra/Frangipani:

Tinsel bunnies:

Animals covered with seeds:

Natural-material hedgehog:

Encephalartos hildebrandtii (cycad) cone:

Canna:

Hydroponics?

Penjing Garden entrance:

A latticed window or shelving?

Camel rock:

Penjing is the Chinese version of bonsai:

Metal grillwork with two cranes:

Stone penjing:

Lots of penjing:

Fence with "latticed windows:"

Gate:

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Tamiko and elephant sculptures:

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Lily pond:

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